May 19, 2011 / Front Page

The Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Clarke County program celebrated its fourth year of service with a graduation ceremony on May 12, at Grove Hill Elementary School. More...

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Last week I wrote about the warning shot that was fired over Gov. Bentley and the folks at the Department of Public Safety by a former employee of Bob Riley, freshman State Sen. Bryan Taylor of Prattville. More...

Exactly 50 years ago in 1961, Alabama had nine congressmen and two U.S. senators. All eleven members of our congressional delegation were Democrats. They were also all white and all male. Incidentally, there were all old white men. More...

The “Achievers in Life” of the Church of God in Christ in Thomasville recently partnered with the Boys and Girls Club in Thomasville to offer a mentoring program to boys ages 4-19 every third Saturday at 8 a.m. More...

The Thomasville High School Lady Tiger varsity softball team saw their run at a 4A State Title come to an end this past Saturday, May 14, when they lost their second contest in the double elimination Regional Tournament being played in Gulf Shores.&n More...

On Tuesday morning this week, as you will see in a related picture in this week’s sports section, Thomasville Lady Tiger basketball player Kyera Rowe signed a letter of intent to continue her education and play basketball at Bishop State Commun More...

The Thomasville Tiger varsity football team found the going somewhat tough this past Saturday, May 14, when the 6A Theodore Bobcats paid a visit to Anderson field and left with a 34 – 13 win over the Tigers in the annual spring game for both sq More...

In the week since Clarke County was included in the counties listed under the federal disaster declaration, 229 people have applied for FEMA help. The agency has approved $297,461 in assistance to to county citizens. More...

It was a mixture of political rally and tent revival as Clarke County Democrats convened last week and vowed to regroup and reenergize to reclaim state offices lost to Republicans and to fight off Republican challenges to Democratic officeholders in More...

Smocking class The Grove Hill Cultural Arts Center will sponsor a smocking class Saturday, May 21 at Studio 122. The cost is $30. Everyone is asked to bring embroidery scissors. All other materials will be provided. More...

Clarke County Recreation Board member, Ken Hamilton, right, presents Cedric Williams, director of The Boys in Girls Club in Thomasville, a grant for $30,000 from the Clarke County Recreation Board fo More...

I think I may be one, in a very small group of people, who does not watch American Idol. I have a few shows that I like to watch. But if I missed them, my world doesn’t fall apart. I do like to watch DVDs of some of the older shows. More...

Robin and Nolla Bradfield of Pine Hill announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Roxanne Michelle Bradfield, to Jon Wesley Parnell, son of Bro. James (Skeeter) and Mary Ann Parnell of Thomasville. More...

The Compassion in Action Club raised over $1000 for the tornado relief fund. Thank you to those who gave to the needs of so many in our state. The Kindergarten field trip to the Montgomery Zoo was rescheduled to Tuesday, May 17th. More...

Brenda Autry and the Wilcox Central High School Business, Management, and Administration Department are pleased to announce the acceptance of D’aundra Latrice Brown and Deanna Nicole Jones to The University of Alabama Capstone Entrepreneurship More...